Category Archives: Green Meetings
Five Green Companies: What You Can Learn
The featuring article of the October Meetings & Conventions is one that every aspiring green company should see. Writer Sarah J.F. Braley points to five of the most eco-friendly meeting planners and tells us how we can learn from them. … Continue reading
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How Green is Cloud Computing?
It’s easy to get excited about cloud computing; in fact, we’re pretty excited ourselves. But if this really is the future of data services, we can’t ignore its environmental implications. According to Joe McKendrick of Forbes, many are concerned about … Continue reading
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A Short How-to on Green Meetings
In recent times we’ve reached a new level of awareness about our planet. We know a lot more about the imprints human activities leave on the environment, and that’s why, if you’re involved in any stage of the meeting planning … Continue reading
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Developing a Sustainability Policy
“Green meetings are based on a sustainability framework which balances environmental, economic and social impacts in context of an organization’s business needs.” -Green Meetings Industry Council One of the first steps toward green meeting planning is to develop a company … Continue reading
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APEX/ASTM Environmentally Sustainable Meeting Standards Advance
The Convention Industry Council (CIC) announced progress yesterday, June 13, 2011, in regard to the APEX/ASTM Environmentally Sustainable Meeting Standards, “The industry’s first and only comprehensive standards for environmentally sustainable meetings.” The standards had already passed the APEX consensus process, … Continue reading
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Publication of Convention Industry Council (CIC) Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) Green Meeting Standards Delayed
“While the event industry offers valuable educational, social, and economic benefits, the organization of these events can generate considerable waste and cause environmental harm”. - Heather Baker, VP of Programs for the International Special Events Society, Vancouver, Canada Attendees at … Continue reading
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